I have been absolutely BUSTING at the seams to sit down here
and share some stories and insights with you.
I know it’s time to write when the lump in my throat just won’t go away
and my palms get sweaty because I’m trying not to get lost in my thoughts. Boy, if you knew how many posts I have
written in my head in the past month!
Lately, I have been living in the moment. I’ve been slowing the moments down, making
them heavy, and saying “yes” to moment I’m in. In doing that, it seems that lots of things
don’t get done. But lots of loving,
praying and thanking have been getting done!
I’m pretty cool with the opportunity cost. (Doesn’t that make you think of 4th
grade economics!)
I do have a very cool story to share with you. You need to know up front that it is 100%
true. I am not going to exaggerate one
tiny bit.
Have you every seen a room sparkle with scattered rainbows
from a light catcher in the window?
Isn’t it such a divine thing?
Rainbows of God’s love surrounding you like He sent after the flood,
like Joseph’s coat of many colors, like the beauty that comes only from
“storms.”
Or does it remind you of the Creator God who created color
and light and how it can be divided by glass?
And lead you to think about the power of our brains He created. Then wonder how tiny our human intelligence
is in light of His Holy intelligence.
Or do the rainbows remind you of His Intimacy with His Creation? If not, listen to this…
Since childhood I have loved seeing crystals cast rainbows. When I was tiny I spent some time
living at my Nanny and Grandpa’s in their one hundred year old Queen Anne Victorian
house. In the front room Nanny had this
mesmerizing “crystal tree” (as all of us cousins call it). At the age of four I STOLE one of the crystal
branches. I remember cherishing that
little thing. Nanny asked me several
times if I had it. I lied to her over
and over and knew I was lying! If I
remember right, I snuck down stairs one morning and put it back on the
tree. I recently found out that I’m not
the only one to do that! Uh hum…
Annie-Mollie :)
Last Wednesday morning, I sat in the living room with my
sweet boy. We were recklessly playing
with cars and blocks. Sunlight was
beaming through our little cottage-like door and the front window. My mind was a little reckless too as I was
mentally preparing to teach teenagers about the holiness of God that
night. In the middle of smashing cars, I
realized that the sun didn’t usually shine in through the door like it was. And noticed that since the leaves had fallen,
the sun had a clear path through the window panels on the door right into our
living room.
In that moment I knew what I was going to ask Brent and
Heidi to get me for Christmas. I said
out loud to the one and half year old, “I want a little glass ball shaped like a
disco ball to hang in that door.”
Later when Heath was napping, I studied the lesson I planned
to teach the students. I confessed to
God how inadequate I felt to teach on such a big topic. Looking into God’s Holiness reminded me of my
sin and inadequacy. I went down a path
of wondering why in the world God would use me to risk His name on. He is wholly pure and good and
righteous. And, I am not!
This is where He showed off.
That afternoon I loaded up the diaper bag and had Heath at hand walking
out the door. As I opened the door there
stood my dear friend Pat coming to the door.
In her hand was something that absolutely took my breath away. I could hardly talk.
She explained to me that they were leaving for their home in
Florida for the winter and she wanted me to have a gift.
It was a small glass ball shaped like a disco ball with a
string attached! I am not kidding.
Can you believe He was so obvious! There was no hiding what He was trying to tell me.
In His Holiness He chooses to be in RELATIONSHIP with us.
He is not a God somewhere up there. He is not distant from us. We are His beloved. That’s why Jesus came! The Holy God put on flesh to save us; free us
from our sin addiction through and intimate
personal relationship with Him.
Father, redeem us because of Your unfailing love. Psalm 44:26
You should come and see the hundreds of little rainbows in
our living room on sunny mornings!
